On this day:
1947: Pakistan becomes Independent from British rule
2010: The First Youth Olympics Begins in Singapore
Born on this day:
1959: Magic Johnson, American basketball player
Gone on this day:
2011: Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director known as the “Elvis Presley of India”
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